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Saints

Today, March 13, We Celebrate St. Roderick

Mar 13, 2024

Roderick, also known as Ruderic, was a priest in Cabra, Spain during the persecution of Christians by the Moors.

Today, March 12, We Celebrate St. Theophanes the Chronicler

Mar 12, 2024

St. Theophanes was born in Samothrace, Greece around the year 759. He was orphaned while still a young child, but was left a large inheritance. 

Today, March 11, We Celebrate St. Aurea

Mar 11, 2024

St. Aurea was born around the year 1042 in the village of Villavelayo, Spain.

Today, March 10, We Celebrate St. John Ogilvie

Mar 10, 2024

March 10 is the liturgical memorial of Saint John Ogilvie, a 16th- and 17th-century Scotsman who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, served as a Jesuit priest, and died as a martyr at the hands of state officials.

Today, March 9, We Celebrate St. Frances of Rome

Mar 9, 2024

St. Frances was born into a noble Roman family in the year 1384. From an early age, Frances felt drawn to the religious life, but at the age of thirteen her parents forced her into marriage. 

Today, March 8, We Celebrate St. John of God, Confessor

Mar 8, 2024

The Catholic Church celebrates the extraordinary life of St. John of God on March 8. The saint lived through decades of sin and suffering before a profound conversion that led him to embrace poverty, humility and charity.

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity. | Credit: National Catholic Register files

10 little-known facts about the early visionary St. Perpetua and her companion St. Felicity

Mar 7, 2024

As the Church celebrates the feast of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity on March 7, here are some interesting things to know about these early martyrs.

Today, March 7, We Celebrate Sts. Perpetua and Felicity and their Companions

Mar 7, 2024

Saints Perpetua and Felicity were martyrs who died for the faith around the year 203.

Today, March 6, We Celebrate St. Colette

Mar 6, 2024

St. Colette was the founder of the Colettine Poor Clares (Clarisses)

Today, March 5, We Celebrate St. John Joseph of the Cross

Mar 5, 2024

Self-denial is never an end in itself but is only a help toward greater charity—as the life of Saint John Joseph shows.

Today, March 4, We Celebrate St. Casimir of Poland

Mar 4, 2024

On March 4, the Catholic Church honors Saint Casimir Jagiellon, a prince whose life of service to God has made him a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and young people.

Today, March 3, We Celebrate St. Katharine Drexel

Mar 3, 2024

On March 3, the universal Church celebrates the feast of St. Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia heiress who abandoned her family’s fortune to found an order of sisters dedicated to serving the impoverished African American and American Indian populations of the United States.  

Today, March 2, We Celebrate St. Agnes of Prague

Mar 2, 2024

St. Agnes was born in Prague in the year 1200, and probably died in the year 1281. She was the daughter of Ottocar, King of Bohemia and Constance of Hungary, who was a relative of St. Elizabeth. 

Today, March 1, We Celebrate St. David of Wales

Mar 1, 2024

Among Welsh Catholics, as well as those in England, March 1 is the liturgical celebration of Saint David of Wales.

Bishop Thomas Paprocki preaches the opening Mass of the Corpus Christi Priory in Springfield. | Photo credit: Diocese of Springfield

What Should a Lenten Homily be like? God Told a Saint

Feb 29, 2024

St. Angelo d’Acri (1669–1739) heard a divine voice give him advice on preaching and went on to become known for many spiritual gifts.

Today, February 28, We Celebrate Blessed Villana de'Botti

Feb 28, 2024

Villana de’Botti was a wife and a Third Order Dominican. She was born in Florence in 1332. 

Today, February 27, we celebrate Blessed Maria Caridad Brader

Feb 27, 2024

Mother Maria Caridad Brader was born into a pious family in Kaltburn, Switzerland, in 1860.

Today, February 26, we celebrate St. Alexander

Feb 26, 2024

St. Alexander succeeded St. Achillas as bishop of Alexandria in 313.

Today, February 25 we celebrate Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani

Feb 25, 2024

Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani was born into a noble family in Naples, Italy in 1806. Her father was an alcoholic and was exiled after being involved in a revolt.

Today, February 24, we celebrate Blessed Thomas Maria Fusco

Feb 24, 2024

Thomas was born to a noble family in 1831 in Pagani, Italy. He was the seventh of eight children.